Kick-off of SG restaurant week 2025

Once again, I'm with the kids and thinking what we should do for dinner after Elisah's gym class and Isaiah's table tennis lessons. Decided to kick-off the SG restaurant week by bringing them to Garibaldi that has a 4-course set menu of $98++ per person. Ok, I was also in a half upset mode and therefore needed nice food. Fortunately, they allowed the 2 kids to share 1 person's portion (honestly, that is still a bit too much for them). And the very nice service staff split every single course item into 2 portions for the kids! How's that for service eh?

First up was amuse bouche (not going to talk about bread sticks etc. here). It was some meatball in truffle sauce and my semi-vegetarian Elisah gobbled it up and wanted my share too! Hmph. Gave her half of mine unwillingly... it's rare she's interested in meat after all. Then they had mushroom soup scented with truffle, while I did the wagyu beef carpaccio. Mine had the colours but was a little bland on taste. Kids finished their soup before I could try...

Next up was shell pasta with prawns and broccolini in lobster bisque. I'm not a fan of shell pasta but the lobster bisque did the trick. Finished up most of my pasta surprisingly (so did the kids). Our main was the snapper loin fillet with mussels. Fish was ok and mussels were excellent! I really love fresh mussels with that tender texture.

Finally, dessert came - Mascarpone, white chocolate & pistacchio cream cake. Isaiah was too full by then so Elisah happily finished up the entire portion on her own, as did I. Nice ending to a very nice dinner, coupled with excellent service. Not sure about value for money but I think paying a premium for the service is well-deserved.